Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-08-19

WASHINGTON, d. c.,

Ter, of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
has been away on leave for several
weeks, and Col. Z. G. Henderson, the
deputy. has been acting Commissioner.
Most of the chiefs of division as well as
Il majority of the clerks in that bureau
are Republicans. A report having got
abroad that Mr.. Henderson would use
his temporary incumbency of the Com
missionership to bounceas many of them
rs he could reporter called on him to
find out the truth of the matter. He
was told that it was not so, but Mr..
Henderson added: 81 would turn them
all ont, and think the President would
do so too. Of course il a head of De-
partment or a chief Of Bureau says he
cannot well get along without certain
Republican official the President is not
likely TO oppose his retention, but it
seems to me that the President is not the
cause of having Republicans kept in
office. have every reason to believe
that nothing pleases President Cleve-
land more than the recommendation
that good Democrat be employed in
place of Republican, however efficient
the latter may hsve been, if the former
! rises to an equal standard. The Presi-
dent, have no doubt, observes and e1-
ecutes the Civil Service law to the letter
and keeps politics entirely apart from
the classi fled service; but outside of
the classified service, controlled by the
Civil. Service law, am sure it is the
fault of the head of the Department, or
the chief of the Bureau, and not the
President, if Republicans are retained
Mr.. j. r. Dodge, the statisticlan of
the Department Of Agriculture, in his
August report seems to think there are
brighter times ahead for the wheat rails
ers of.this country. He says that the
imports of wheat in Europe for the first
half of this year show a large increase
in the amount furnished by the United
States. The value of wheat from this
country is s cents more than that of
Russia and > cents more than the wheat
of India. He says that while India is
the greatest competitor of the United
States in the markets of the world her
Importance is greatly overrated, as the
occurrence of one "famine year" in In
IL 10
would need all her wheat for home con-
sumption.
Mr. Michael, the new clerk to the
Senate Committee on Printing, is going
to try and get out an illustrated edition
of the Congressional Directory. The
scheme is to insert nicely engraved
steel portrait, cabinet size, of every
Senator and member of Congress, and
make large sumptuous volume, costing
something like $35 to each subscriber
for the first volume and about 81 for
duplicates. 1t is quite likely that the
volume will be forthcoming, and that
it will be good one.
1t is more than likely that strong eff
fort will be made at the coming session
of Congress to impose heavy tax on
immigrants coming to this country.
Foreigners are now pouring in at the
rate of several hundred thousand a
month, and us they rarely bring any
money with them they only help to
lower the standard of wages. AS j. is
now, a well-known Congressman said
the other day that we now say to Eu-
rope, "you must pay duty on your
products, but we will let your paupers
come to our country Free"
Engineer-in chief LOring has re-
signed disposition as chief of the Bureau
of Steam Engineering in the Navy, and
has been succeeded by Chief Engineer
George w. Melville, who will he re-
membered as one of the survivors Of the
Inflated De Long Arctic expedition.
Mr.. LoriDg gave as his reason for re-
signing the want of accord between
ullllSCll anu JuC NONiSbhil vi luC -NdN
The President, it is said, wishing to
take short trip during August, will go
to West Virginia with Senator Kenna
on fishing trip the latter part of the
month. met the Senator on the streets
couple of weeks ago aud he told me
that he would come to Shepherdstown
during the Exhibition at Morgan's
Grove if legal engagements did not pre-
vent. Maybe if an effort was made the
President might be persuaded to try the
bass about that time, as he is an enthu-
siastic fisherman, and he could not pos
sibly find better fishing place than
your nelghborhood affords.
S. w. j.